List of state leaders in 987

986 state leaders - Events of 987 - 988 state leaders - State leaders by year -----

Africa

*Fatimid Caliphate - unicode|Abū Manṣūr Nizār al-'Azīz bi-llāh, Caliph (975-996)
**Ifriqiya - Al-Mansur ibn Buluggin, Zirid Viceroy (984-995)

Americas

Asia

*Byzantine Empire - Basil II Bulgaroktonus, Byzantine emperor (976-1025)
*China (Northern Song Dynasty) - Taizong, Emperor of Song China (976-997)
*Japan -
**Monarch - Emperor Ichijō, emperor of Japan (986-1011)
**Regent (Sessho) - Fujiwara no Kaneie, Sessho (986-990); Kampaku (990)
*Khitan Empire - Shengzong, Khitan Emperor (982-1031)
*Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) - Seongjong, King of Goryeo (981-997)

Europe

*Al-Andalus
**Hisham II, Caliph of Cordoba (976-1008)
*Bohemia - Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (972-999)
*Brittany - Conan I, Duke of Brittany (958-992)
*Bulgaria Joint rulers (Samuil was not officially proclaimed Emperor until Roman's death in 997)
**Roman I, Tsar of Bulgaria (976-997)
**Samuil, Tsar of Bulgaria (976-1014)
*Byzantine Empire - Basil II Bulgaroktonus, Byzantine emperor (976-1025)
*Castile - Garcia I Fernandez, Count of Castile (970-995)
*Denmark - Sweyn I Forkbeard, King of Denmark (c.986-1014)
*England - Aethelred II, King of England (978-1016)
*France -
*#Louis V, King of Western Francia (986-987)
*#Hugh Capet, King of France (987-996)
**Anjou
***Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou (958-987)
***Fulk III, Count of Anjou (987-1040)
**Aquitaine - William IV Iron Arm, Duke of Aquitaine (963-995)
**Burgundy - Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (965-1002)
**Normandy - Richard I, Duke of Normandy (942-996)
**Provence - Rotbold III, Count of Provence (961-1008)
*Germany - Otto III, King of Germany (983-1002)
**Bavaria - Henry II, Duke of Bavaria (985-995)
**Franconia - Otto von Worms, Duke of Franconia (955-1004)
**Lorraine - Thierry I, Duke of Lorraine (978-c.1026)
**Saxony - Bernard I. Duke of Saxony (973-1011)
**Swabia - Conrad I, Duke of Swabia (982-997)
*Hungary - Géza, Fejedelem of the Magyars (c.940-997)
*Ireland - Mael Seachlainn II Mor, High King of Ireland (979-1002)
*Kievan Rus - Vladimir I, Grand Prince of Kiev (980-1015)
*Leon - Bermudo II, King of Leon (982-999)
*Norway - Haakon Jarl, King of Norway (976-995)
*Papal States - John XV, Pope (984-996)
* Poland - Mieszko I, Duke of Poland (ca 960-992)
*Provence - Roubaud III, Count of Provence (961-1018)
*Scotland - Kenneth II, King of Scotland (971-995)
*Sicily - Abd-Allah al-Kalbi, Kalbid Emir (985-990)
*Sweden - Eric the Victorious, King of Sweden (970-995)
*Venice - Tribuno Memmo, Doge of Venice (979-991)